Applegarth and McShane honoured at RL Awards Night!

York Knights coach, Mark Applegarth and hooker, Paul McShane were honoured last night at the Rugby League Awards Night in Manchester!

Applegarth received the award for Betfred Championship Coach of the Year, after a season where he guided the team to victory in the AB Sundecks 1895 Cup at Wembley, and saw them lift the League Leaders’s Shield, after finishing top of the table.

McShane was named Betfred Championship Player of the Year. The 35-year-old hooker had previously been named the Steve Prescott MBE Man of Steel as a Castleford Tigers player in 2020.

All six awards in Betfred Championship and League One are decided by a poll of the head coaches in each competition.

The big prize of the night, the Steve Prescott MBE Man of Steel 2025 was won by Leeds Rhinos’ half-back, Jake Connor.

All six awards in Betfred Championship and League One are decided by a poll of the head coaches in each competition.

(Photos: Allan McKenzie/SWPix)

Award Winners

Betfred Super League

Steve Prescott MBE Man of Steel – Jake Connor (Leeds Rhinos)

Young Player of the Year – Harry Robertson (St Helens)

Coach of the Year - Willie Peters (Hull KR)

Betfred Wheelchair Super League

Wheels of Steel – Joe Coyd (London Roosters)

Young Player of the Year – Finlay O’Neill (Halifax Panthers)

Coach of the Year – Tom Coyd MBE (London Roosters)

Betfred Women’s Super League

Woman of Steel – Eva Hunter (Wigan Warriors)

Young Player of the Year – Isabel Rowe (Wigan Warriors)

Coach of the Year – Denis Betts (Wigan Warriors)

Betfred Championship

Player of the Year – Paul McShane (York Knights)

Young Player of the Year – Jack Smith (London Broncos)

Coach of the Year – Mark Applegarth (York Knights)

Betfred League One

Player of the Year – Lewis Else (Rochdale Hornets) and Zarrin Galea (Workington Town)

Young Player of the Year – Louie Roberts (Swinton Lions)

Coach of the Year – Carl Forster (North Wales Crusaders)

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